Six in a row for Marquez

Defending champion Marc Marquez held off the challenge of Jorge Lorenzo to claim a sixth successive win of the MotoGP season at the Italian Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Spaniard now leads the world championship by 53 points from Italian Valentino Rossi, who finished third.

Spain 2-0 Bolivia

A fairly routine 2-0 win for Spain against Bolivia in a World Cup ‘warm-up’ game, although no Real or Atlético players were involved in the encounter.

Real Madrid punished for racist fans

Real Madrid have been ordered to close part of the Bernabeu stadium during their next European match as punishment for racist behaviour by their fans.

Job for Puyol at Barca

Barcelona have appointed former club captain Carles Puyol as assistant to sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta.

Real Madrid are champions for the tenth time

Real Madrid are European champions for a tenth time after a 4-1 win over city rivals Atlético, although as normal time came to an end it looked like Atlético were set to lift the trophy.

Historic win for Jimenez

Miguel Angel Jimenez became the oldest man to win on the European Tour with victory in a three-man play-off at the Spanish Open.

Nadal loses out to Djokovic in Rome

Novak Djokovic won his third Italian Open title with victory over Rafael Nadal in the Rome final. Djokovic beat the defending champion and world number one 4-6 6-3 6-3 in two hours and 19 minutes.

Marquez makes it five in a row

World champion Marc Marquez battled back from 10th place after a horrendous first lap to become the first rider since Giacamo Agostini in 1972 to win the first five races of the season at the French Grand Prix in Le Mans.

New contract for Messi

Lionel Messi is due to sign a new contract at Barcelona in the next few days which will see his wages rise from €13 million to €20 million to make him the best-paid player in the world.